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plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics who know the difference between between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i announced at west
plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift...
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a joint raid by nato and afghan forces has left sixteen militants dead in the south of the country the operation comes in response to a new taliban activity asked for and combat troops began their withdrawal from afghanistan nato as new military commander in the country general john allen warns of tough times ahead or more after the afghan president's half brother who ran to south of the country was recently gunned down by insurgents out of hama cars ice top advisers has also been assassinated and we're activists brian becker thinks the u.s. led coalition is losing its grip on against him. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only to tell them but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary
a joint raid by nato and afghan forces has left sixteen militants dead in the south of the country the operation comes in response to a new taliban activity asked for and combat troops began their withdrawal from afghanistan nato as new military commander in the country general john allen warns of tough times ahead or more after the afghan president's half brother who ran to south of the country was recently gunned down by insurgents out of hama cars ice top advisers has also been assassinated...
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army major, part of a program called "afghan hands," designed to mentor government officials. >> hey, how's it going? >> how you been? >> good, good. >> reporter: to break down barriers he wears local clothing and a full beard, like most afghan men. when we visited kandahar earlier this month, crawford was anxious to introduce us to the city's mayor, ghulam haider hamidi. >> there are a lot of good afghans here working, and working very hard and risking their life. he's one of them. so the people here are really lucky to have him as mayor. >> reporter: that luck ran out today. a suicide bomber got into the same corridor as the city hall the mayor had guide us through. on that day he told us he was fatalistic about the dangers he faced. >> reporter: crawford's job means he often takes the same risks as the afghans he works with. while most u.s. soldiers travel around kandahar in heavily armored vehicles, crawford suggested we see the city from an auto-rickshaw. what's it like being a soldier who gets to right around in a rickshaw? >> it's a huge advantage. i'm able to understand a bit
army major, part of a program called "afghan hands," designed to mentor government officials. >> hey, how's it going? >> how you been? >> good, good. >> reporter: to break down barriers he wears local clothing and a full beard, like most afghan men. when we visited kandahar earlier this month, crawford was anxious to introduce us to the city's mayor, ghulam haider hamidi. >> there are a lot of good afghans here working, and working very hard and risking...
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now the mayor of the a volatile afghan city of kandahar has been assassinated after a suicide bomber detonated explosives hidden in his tribe and now it's the latest in a series of killings targeting the country's top officials and earlier this month president karzai is half brother as well as a senior aide gunned down in separate attacks former afghan m.p. delane sorts on stories says nato is possibly redrawing troops prematurely the. transfer of security as well as well just to the afghan forces and these these incidents are making one thing very vividly. visible and that is how does this transition take hold and whether the afghan security forces and the afghan sponsible units would be ready to take over i think there's no guarantee that this trend of nato transfer will will continue smoothly i i can see. reversals at some time in the future. certain provinces or so volatile and so critical that they may have to delays some of the transfer as we should not our position to operate on realities on the ground here and those in washington and in europe should be secondary to the civil
now the mayor of the a volatile afghan city of kandahar has been assassinated after a suicide bomber detonated explosives hidden in his tribe and now it's the latest in a series of killings targeting the country's top officials and earlier this month president karzai is half brother as well as a senior aide gunned down in separate attacks former afghan m.p. delane sorts on stories says nato is possibly redrawing troops prematurely the. transfer of security as well as well just to the afghan...
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there's confusion on the faces of the afghan army soldiers as a firefight unfolds on the other side of the wall looking for them this is the kabul military training center in the board speed fireplaces the men here halfway through a ten week program and the officers can cut the many slack when it's over the be deployed the eastern congo or province one of afghanistan's most violent corners to mark the start of the much easier for you must push them hard so they can afford to pressure day by day we're making progress the afghan national army has already come a long way and showing some swollen to about one hundred seventy thousand troops thanks to fresh waves of recruits attract the higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back with taliban militants urgency age or ethnicity then in your mind we are old brother and we are all calling my one. was right the call of duty is also struck a chord beyond able bodied males the first ever class of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even the mujahedeen unit made up of for the better it
there's confusion on the faces of the afghan army soldiers as a firefight unfolds on the other side of the wall looking for them this is the kabul military training center in the board speed fireplaces the men here halfway through a ten week program and the officers can cut the many slack when it's over the be deployed the eastern congo or province one of afghanistan's most violent corners to mark the start of the much easier for you must push them hard so they can afford to pressure day by day...
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transfer of security is just to the afghan forces and these these incidents are making one thing very vividly. visible and that is how does this transition take hold and whether the afghan security forces and the afghan responsible units would be ready to take over this this is a very very different war and i don't think we can define a definitive line both of which one can find success but nevertheless the timing is very very important as you say the timing is very important here perhaps you think nato should reconsider pulling out obviously violence on the rise. i think there's no guarantee that this trend of nato transfer will continue smoothly i i can see. reversals a time in the future and perhaps certain provinces are so volatile and so critical that they may have to delays some of the transfers i don't think this will continue on as scheduled because we should not our parade on schedule as we should operate on realities on the ground here and those in washington and in europe should be secondary. should take a second place to reality and results on the ground but as we were jus
transfer of security is just to the afghan forces and these these incidents are making one thing very vividly. visible and that is how does this transition take hold and whether the afghan security forces and the afghan responsible units would be ready to take over this this is a very very different war and i don't think we can define a definitive line both of which one can find success but nevertheless the timing is very very important as you say the timing is very important here perhaps you...
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main thing that we should pay attention to and about it was a former afghan m.p. . talking about the impact the war is having on afghanistan's civilian population. now and always intelligence services there's no evidence that there's a part of it is connected to far right extremists in norway or anywhere else the thirty two year old who admits killing seventy six last friday claims he is part of a wider mission his lawyer insists the probe is insane and didn't know what he was doing but it's on cesar laurean that reports his anti immigration message is one that has chilling echoes all across europe. and ethnic hatred that led to the slaughter of scores of innocent young people to prevent the massacre to which he freely admits was a justified strike against the political left for supporting open borders and multiculturalism and even though the staunchest of hardliners condemn brave ics horrific actions anti immigration sentiment is growing across europe and other groups express their condolences and then are quick and separate themselves from are also quick to lay bl
main thing that we should pay attention to and about it was a former afghan m.p. . talking about the impact the war is having on afghanistan's civilian population. now and always intelligence services there's no evidence that there's a part of it is connected to far right extremists in norway or anywhere else the thirty two year old who admits killing seventy six last friday claims he is part of a wider mission his lawyer insists the probe is insane and didn't know what he was doing but it's on...
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>> what about the afghans? you remember when the afghans burned the koran to the reaction of americans to the burning of the flag. >> in florida. >> what is cultural difference siify, comparing the afghans and the effect them -- >> that's religious and much more powerful. this is a political symbol and a symbol of the country p while it does cause reaction in the united states, it's nothing like people running around killing people for. >> you realize on national anthem focuses on the flag? o say -- >> so does our pledge of allegiance. >> so what does ma mean, we have great respect for it but respect the liberty of the americans to do >>> prediction, we'll have a new secretary of the treasury by november wanted. >> yes, we will. >> more interesting is who comes next 90 hope he's more popular than the current one. >> a new one? >> we will. but he won't be a banker. >> will he own a private jet? >> yes but earlier than that. >> you know who it will be? >> no, but -- >> the head of j.p. morgan chase? >> no, it wil
>> what about the afghans? you remember when the afghans burned the koran to the reaction of americans to the burning of the flag. >> in florida. >> what is cultural difference siify, comparing the afghans and the effect them -- >> that's religious and much more powerful. this is a political symbol and a symbol of the country p while it does cause reaction in the united states, it's nothing like people running around killing people for. >> you realize on national...
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buy afghan products, build afghan capacity. you address this a little bit in your opening statement with regard to the 3000 students you said graduated from a training course, and you say you have local firms engaged in retraining efforts. i would ask you both, how do we get afghans engaged in the sustainability i talked about in my opening statement? this road, the next time there is a crack and you all are gone and we begin our withdrawal, who is going to fix it? can they afford it? do they have the technological capacity to do it? i would just like to hear from 1st, mr. hakki quickly, what are you doing exactly to ensure that there will be this ongoing support by retraining and developing this expertise, what are the challenges you see by this stated policy, the afghan first policy, and do you see any unintended consequences from that? i think mr. walker alluded to some of those earlier. if you could respond to that, mr. hakki. >> yes, senator portman. the afghan first program is not something we are very familiar with. that
buy afghan products, build afghan capacity. you address this a little bit in your opening statement with regard to the 3000 students you said graduated from a training course, and you say you have local firms engaged in retraining efforts. i would ask you both, how do we get afghans engaged in the sustainability i talked about in my opening statement? this road, the next time there is a crack and you all are gone and we begin our withdrawal, who is going to fix it? can they afford it? do they...
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the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation in the police force and is even good feature of the recent move. but is the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quality of troops may be coming at the expense of quality starters more than eighty percent of troops are illiterate a big problem in the building to read and that's a numbers can spell the difference between life and death adding to the was a widespread drug use and desertions today roughly one in four combat soldiers quit their post critics also point out that the military leadership is made up of many rival ex warlords who still command loyalty is a lot of regional there are people i could live with culturally the political class as the u.s. begins to scale back its role as custodian this summer there are concerns that these divisions may flare up if i start usually. it wouldn't be given a ninety three would be fighting each other and you'd be killing each other he's. writing him just some of the groups who control him yet another obstacle for a young army but still
the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation in the police force and is even good feature of the recent move. but is the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quality of troops may be coming at the expense of quality starters more than eighty percent of troops are illiterate a big problem in the building to read and that's a numbers can spell the difference between life and death adding to the was a widespread drug use and desertions...
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counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves they will injure or kill innocent afghans and they'll destroy property. we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is said to grow dramatically u.s. government. source many military and security functions to these security companies they are not regulated in that they are not control and he says we're extremely concerned that what we are calling is for relation to the national and international level so that. companies are accountable but washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their activities saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable but so far the u.s. justice system has largely failed to do so we're seeing around the world cases of kidnapping rape murder. and we
counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves they will injure or kill innocent afghans and they'll destroy property. we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number...
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we must push them hard so they can perform under pressure day by day we're making progress the afghan national army has already come a long way and scrapes have swollen to about one hundred seventy thousand troops thanks to fresh waves of recruits attracted by higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back with taliban militants or agency regardless of age or ethnicity many are what we are old brothers and we are all calling my one. god by the call of duty is also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first ever close of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even a mujahideen unit made up of more than veterans. this is all good news to u.s. military planners have set a two thousand and fourteen getting into hand over security responsibilities to the afghans the afghan army and so is a much better reputation of the police force is even featured in a recent movie. but is the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quality of troops may be coming at the expense of quality i
we must push them hard so they can perform under pressure day by day we're making progress the afghan national army has already come a long way and scrapes have swollen to about one hundred seventy thousand troops thanks to fresh waves of recruits attracted by higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back with taliban militants or agency regardless of age or ethnicity many are what we are old brothers and we are all calling my one. god by the...
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is it afghan capacity, other agencies of government? as you know, the measure of national power is is aggregate of economic strength, diplomatic strength and military strength. all three of those have to participate in these outcomes and all three of these have to be considered as we look at these reductions to make sure we stay in balance in that way as well. >> thank you for your service and thank you for your family service. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, senator reed. senator sessions. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you, general dempsey for your leadership and your commitment. your willingness to serve in harm's way. i noticed just looking at your bio, i looked at it because i remember seeing you in iraq and coming back and you were still there. i noticed you were there the first tour 16 months. came home to germany and were deployed there for ten months and back for 21 months. that's the kind of deployment that a number of our military people have made serving their country in dangerous areas of the globe. i just want to p
is it afghan capacity, other agencies of government? as you know, the measure of national power is is aggregate of economic strength, diplomatic strength and military strength. all three of those have to participate in these outcomes and all three of these have to be considered as we look at these reductions to make sure we stay in balance in that way as well. >> thank you for your service and thank you for your family service. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, senator...
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the afghan national police. he has put in place a number of training initiatives that are paying big dividends, not just the lease being literacy in a country where the literacy depending on the statistics varied between 10 and 20%. it's not surprising that many of those who seek to be soldiers are police are illiterate. that alone has given the members of the afghanistan national security forces a different feel about who they are and the role they could potentially play in their country. so that plus many of the initiatives which are under way and gaining purchase now and transaction leave me confident that our end state, which is an afghanistan security force which has both capability and staying power will be successful in the end. it's not just about ntma, all in in the command and partnered with the units in the field have become also vital to the process as well. the professionalization of units as well as the individual preparations of afghan national security police and army troops in the training pipel
the afghan national police. he has put in place a number of training initiatives that are paying big dividends, not just the lease being literacy in a country where the literacy depending on the statistics varied between 10 and 20%. it's not surprising that many of those who seek to be soldiers are police are illiterate. that alone has given the members of the afghanistan national security forces a different feel about who they are and the role they could potentially play in their country. so...
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control over to local security forces with their reputations concerns about the future of the country the afghan army is known for recruiting drug addicts and people with taliban connections. from challenges in space to those here on earth are. one of the first humans to step foot on the moon . he told r.t. as add landing is the most important part of an astronaut's mission is interviews next. i am. it's a great pleasure and honor to have you with us here today thanks so i always want to ask you are we alone out there. there's no evidence that says that. we're not alone but i really think to get to the question of are they out there of course they are where there are no there's no evidence and euthanasia will flow. you know that's that's a. jumping to bizarre results with incomplete information and we were very careful not to excite the people who would jump to the conclusion that an observation mediately meant some thing that. was from somewhere else either in a testing of unusual object or something from beyond the earth. there are many many explanations for things that are unidentified and it
control over to local security forces with their reputations concerns about the future of the country the afghan army is known for recruiting drug addicts and people with taliban connections. from challenges in space to those here on earth are. one of the first humans to step foot on the moon . he told r.t. as add landing is the most important part of an astronaut's mission is interviews next. i am. it's a great pleasure and honor to have you with us here today thanks so i always want to ask...
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later begins had to go over control of afghan provinces to local security forces but many question if they're really up to that shop. well this week the phone hacking and police bribery scandal was taken to the british parliament rupert murdoch his son james and a former u.k. c.e.o. rebeca brooks were all grilled by british lawmakers for several hours with a trio said that they were deeply sorry for what happened however new allegations have been merged that the news international chairman james murdoch misled by saying he was unaware of the true extent of illicit phone tapping by his company's reporters meanwhile the questions are being asked over the death of journalist sean hoare about accredited with revealing the phone hacking scandal as archie's or at reports it's drawing a striking parallels with another whistleblower another political scandal erupts another whistleblower diaries sure who was the first former news of the world journalists to go on the record to allege that phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that its editor andy colson actively encouraged it who was foun
later begins had to go over control of afghan provinces to local security forces but many question if they're really up to that shop. well this week the phone hacking and police bribery scandal was taken to the british parliament rupert murdoch his son james and a former u.k. c.e.o. rebeca brooks were all grilled by british lawmakers for several hours with a trio said that they were deeply sorry for what happened however new allegations have been merged that the news international chairman...
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afghan companies? >> without looking at the list, i cannot say. i would guess it is the majority of them. >> we would love to get the exact number. >> we can get you that for the record. >> that would be very helpful. the money that was paid in security to folks, there is every indication that they are the bad guys. is this the reality, that america has to accept that in order for us to do things for the afghanistan people, that we have to pay the people that are killing us? >> i do not believe that is the case, certainly on this road. with the security firm that we have, providing security on the firm, all of the local afghan security providers are placed into the military's biometric data system to check against the bad guy list. if someone were to turn up, the military would get back to us and say they have to be removed. >> mr. arafat? >> his information was put into the biometric database and there is no indication that he was a person of interest. as a matter of fact, a task force 2010 specifical
afghan companies? >> without looking at the list, i cannot say. i would guess it is the majority of them. >> we would love to get the exact number. >> we can get you that for the record. >> that would be very helpful. the money that was paid in security to folks, there is every indication that they are the bad guys. is this the reality, that america has to accept that in order for us to do things for the afghanistan people, that we have to pay the people that are killing...
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the scale of transfer of security to the afghan forces and these these incidents are making one thing very vividly. visible and that is how does this transition take hold and whether the afghan security forces and the afghan sponsible units would be ready to take over i think there's no guarantee that this trend of nato transfer will continue smoothly. i can see. reversals a time in in the future. certain provinces are. so critical that they may have to delays some of the transfer as we should not operate as we should operate on realities on the ground here and those in washington and in europe should be secondary to the civilian population population ignored by war and by civilian reconstruction and that's what counts but unfortunately. every time there's a war is also where the priority is during wars or and success not on civilian people who are really. main thing that we should pay attention to how in a short while on our team or in kiev where they're keeping the faith church leaders from former soviet states gathered together in my ancient russia adoption of christianity. i want
the scale of transfer of security to the afghan forces and these these incidents are making one thing very vividly. visible and that is how does this transition take hold and whether the afghan security forces and the afghan sponsible units would be ready to take over i think there's no guarantee that this trend of nato transfer will continue smoothly. i can see. reversals a time in in the future. certain provinces are. so critical that they may have to delays some of the transfer as we should...
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in the and that's not enough to substitute for the governance that the afghans and institutions provide. and so it's like, you know, pushing a rock up a hill. we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree. it's hard to find anybody, -- >> guest: that is true. but good governance brings us back to something like democratization. something like that procedure and it's going to be their own culture that will sort of be a jerk to interview. but ill be something that people have a way to control and to change those are going to run their government. and this is something you can't avoid when the dictators flow, you don't put on the dictatorship to displace. assenting nothing to do but put into place the basic institutions and procedures are getting responsiveness. >> host: let me turn back from these issues in the news to the intellectual argument, which is very challenging one. you are really taking on the basic question that i've been following as a journalist now for over 30 years, one way or another, which is in islam is countries and peoples adapt to and accommodate the
in the and that's not enough to substitute for the governance that the afghans and institutions provide. and so it's like, you know, pushing a rock up a hill. we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree. it's hard to find anybody, -- >> guest: that is true. but good governance brings us back to something like democratization. something like that procedure and it's going to be their own culture that will sort of be a jerk to interview. but ill be something that people...
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he had decided to go ahead and publish the afghan and iraq war logs-- in all, nearly 500,000 files. he sought partners. >> he wanted to build this coalition. so that was his idea of how to go about this. "let's start working on the coalition between a couple of newspapers, the guardian, the new york times and der spiegel." >> we insisted on bringing in the new york times. we also insisted on the new york times publishing first, so if there was any debate before a jury about had it been published first in a foreign publication or a us publication, it would be very clear it was published first in a us publication. >> smith: protected by the first amendment. >> protected by the first amendment. >> smith: not an act of... of espionage? >> exactly. not an act of espionage. but that... clearly, that wasn't the case, but we didn't want anyone to try and spin it, either. >> smith: while assange started working with the guardian's reporters in london, the guardian's chief editor called his counterpart at the new york times. >> he, bit by bit, laid out the situation, which was that they had b
he had decided to go ahead and publish the afghan and iraq war logs-- in all, nearly 500,000 files. he sought partners. >> he wanted to build this coalition. so that was his idea of how to go about this. "let's start working on the coalition between a couple of newspapers, the guardian, the new york times and der spiegel." >> we insisted on bringing in the new york times. we also insisted on the new york times publishing first, so if there was any debate before a jury...
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the afghan national police. he has put in place a number of training initiatives that are paying big dividends, not just the lease being literacy in a country where the literacy depending on the statistics varied between 10 and 20%. it's not surprising that many of those who seek to be soldiers are police are illiterate. that alone has given the members of the afghanistan national security forces a different feel about who they are and the role they could potentially play in their country. so that plus many of the initiatives which are under way and gaining purchase now and transaction leave me confident that our end state, which is an afghanistan security force which has both capability and staying power will be successful in the end. it's not just about ntma, all in in the command and partnered with the units in the field have become also vital to th process as well. the professionalization of units as well as the individual preparations of afghan national security police and army troops in the training pipeli
the afghan national police. he has put in place a number of training initiatives that are paying big dividends, not just the lease being literacy in a country where the literacy depending on the statistics varied between 10 and 20%. it's not surprising that many of those who seek to be soldiers are police are illiterate. that alone has given the members of the afghanistan national security forces a different feel about who they are and the role they could potentially play in their country. so...
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nato begins had to go over control of afghan provinces to local army forces but many question if they're really up to the job. now greece let out a sigh of relief this week out after a long talks leaders finally agreed on how to help the country avoid defaulting on its debt lathan will now receive a new bailout worth an estimated one hundred ninety billion euros well the plan was agreed after greece approved severe austerity measures said big thousands sought to the streets in protest the rescue will also involve lowering interest rates on greek debt and extending that we came in period and the package also doubles the time given to bankrupt and ireland to pay back their own loans meanwhile spain which has the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone saw thousands of protesters converge on the grid on saturday while they camped out in the city center after marching from across the country but the national analysts not skies are says bailouts only plunge people deeper in debt. it increases the amount of debt it increases the amount of debt in the eurozone it is crease of the amount of de
nato begins had to go over control of afghan provinces to local army forces but many question if they're really up to the job. now greece let out a sigh of relief this week out after a long talks leaders finally agreed on how to help the country avoid defaulting on its debt lathan will now receive a new bailout worth an estimated one hundred ninety billion euros well the plan was agreed after greece approved severe austerity measures said big thousands sought to the streets in protest the...
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now five afghan their children have been injured in an attack by a british apache helicopter they were working in a field in helmand province on saturday where you could forces were prosecuting an insurgent on a motorcycle nearby now almost fifteen hundred civilians have been killed this year which is already the deadliest since the invasion started in two thousand and one peace activist lindsey german told me earlier that the alliances actions prove that war is not working. i think it will just convince more people in afghanistan that the war isn't helping them but it is actually killing and injuring more and more people so it isn't working isn't going to work when you have a war where the risk of growing insurgency will plea all sorts of people who are victims of this and children are obviously one of the worst of the casualties the only solution to this is the war isn't working it has there is absolutely no justification for nato forces to be there they should withdraw the troops this is now coming up to the tenth anniversary of the war and there is absolutely no question that this
now five afghan their children have been injured in an attack by a british apache helicopter they were working in a field in helmand province on saturday where you could forces were prosecuting an insurgent on a motorcycle nearby now almost fifteen hundred civilians have been killed this year which is already the deadliest since the invasion started in two thousand and one peace activist lindsey german told me earlier that the alliances actions prove that war is not working. i think it will...
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is imminent already today that security is provided by afghans for afghans. having been there many times, i find that fact pretty staggering and encouraging and you should too. >> given that the raw material, high proportion of illegal drugs on britain streets starts in afghanistan what progress is being made in getting farmers to grow other things other than poppy and is the prime minister confident the afghan government will continue this work once we left? >> we are seeing progress on this. britain is invested in the wheat seed distribution project. one of the lessons of going to the country repeatedly in the last five years is if you want to do something about poppy cultivation you can talk all you like about destroying crops. the real key is building roads because you have got to enable the afghans to get their produce to market. if they don't have legitimate produce to get to legitimate market the drug dealers will prey on them and give them their poppyseed at the end of harvest and the job is done. it is about roads and government capacity as much as t
is imminent already today that security is provided by afghans for afghans. having been there many times, i find that fact pretty staggering and encouraging and you should too. >> given that the raw material, high proportion of illegal drugs on britain streets starts in afghanistan what progress is being made in getting farmers to grow other things other than poppy and is the prime minister confident the afghan government will continue this work once we left? >> we are seeing...